Comparative and Pooled Analysis of the Three Countries

Sonali Deraniyagala

Chapter 6 in The Technological Response to Import Liberalization in SubSaharan Africa, 1999, pp 207-224 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter presents a comparative analysis of technology upgrading and firm performance in the three countries as a group, using a pooled sample of 130 firms for which relevant data are available. It seeks to identify common factors that determine technological dynamism in the three countries, and examines whether the positive relationship between technology and firm performance obtains across all the countries when country-specific effects are controlled for. It compares the extent to which manufacturing firms in the three countries have responded to trade liberalization by upgrading technology and technological skills and capabilities, and looks at micro-level supply-side factors that determine the capacity of firms to upgrade their technology and skills. The behaviour of firms with respect to export orientation and employment growth is also examined.

Keywords: Firm Size; Large Firm; Trade Liberalization; Employment Growth; Firm Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-14852-3_6

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9781349148523

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-14852-3_6

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().